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You just glossed over my comment then. 0.05 y~w is 4k on average (using GDPpc), where I am it's slightly under 2k. This lines up pretty closely with property taxes and homeowners insurance combined. I'm in a location where a 3br house costs less than 5 years of fulltime minimum wage pre-tax income. Also I was using a solo-occupied house as a steelman; anyone socially capable would benefit from having multiple people for each house (and for each car). We're not trying to mandate retiring in the burbs.
But I guess you're right. All my experience of living in communes is wrong and illusory.